Domestic carving and slicing knives or cutters



Sept. 17, 1963 A. L. TAYLOR 3,103,745

DOMESTIC CARVING AND SLICING KNIVES 0R CUTTERS Filed Aug. 16, 1962 INVENTOR:

ARTH UR LOUIS TAYLOR ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 1'7, 1963 3,103,745 DUMESTIC CARVENG AND SLlClNG KNKVES R CUTTERS Arthur Louis Taylor, Walton Park, Liverpool 9, England Filed Aug. 16, 1962, Ser. No. 217,401 3 Claims. (Cl. 30-483) This invention relates to carving and slicing knives for domestic use and has for its object to provide an improved knife or cutter having simply adjusted and efficient means whereby the accurate cutting of substances such as bread, meat, vegetables and the like, into slices of any desired thickness within limits, is facilitated.

Broadly, according to the invention, a carving or slicing knife comprises a handle; a gauge bar extending from said handle; at least one cutting blade having laterally extendin-g guide pins formed or provided at or adjacent each end, said pins being adapted for slidable engagement within apertures provided in said gauge bar; and means for looking said blade in required position of adjustment relative to said gauge bar.

The invention is further described with the aid of the accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example only, one mode of embodiment.

In said drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a knife according to the invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view in part section, and

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary elevation.

Referring now to said drawings, the knife comprises a handle component a wherefrom extends a gauge bar b which is of a length somewhat longer than the cutting blade c to be employed. Said gauge bar b is of angled cross section for rigidity in use and is provided at its forward end with a through transverse aperture d and at its end adjacent to the handle a with a second transverse aperture e. Said second aperture e has rotatably located therein a cylindrical metal cam or brush 1 (hereinafter referred to as a locking" cam) having an eccentrically positioned through bore g. Said locking cam f is provided with a small finger lever h whereby its rotation is facilitated.

The cutting blade 0, preferably of stainless steel, is provided at each end with a transversely extending guide pin j and said pins 1 are of a diameter such as to permit of their being slidably engaged one with the transverse aperture d of the forward end of the guide bar b and the other with the eccentric bore g of the locking cam.

The distance between said guide pins 1' of the blade c is such that in one position of said (locking cam said pins slide easily in their respective apertures whereby said blade 0 may be positioned parallel with and at any 2 distance (within limits determined by the length of the guide pins) from the gauge bar b and then, by a semirotary movement of said locking cam f, be locked in such position by the increase in distance between the guide pin apertures a, g.

In use, bread, meat, vegetables, fruit and the like can be cut or shredded accurately and quickly to any desired thickness as determined by the position of the blade 0 relative to the guide bar b and which blade position can readily be adjusted by slackening oii the locking cam f, sliding blade c on its guide pins j to required positi-on, and re-tightening the cam f by means of its actuating lever h. Further, at no time need the blade 0 be permitted to come into contact with the cutting board or table on which substance is being sliced by virtue of the fact that for the greater part of its length the gauge bar b lies below the cutting edge of blade 0.

The handle a and gauge bar b may be constructed from any suitable substance or material as for example a light metal or metal alloy casting, and be shaped or configurated so as to provide a non-slip grip even when wet or greasy. The blade 0 may have a serrated or IlOIlsernated cutting edge according to specific requirements, and in some cases a handle-cum-gau-ge bar may be provided with two or more interchangeable blades.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A carving knife, comprising a handle; a gauge bar extending from said handle; apertures provided one at each end of said gauge bar; a cam rotatably positioned in one of said apertures of said gauge bar and having an eccentrically positioned bore; a cutting blade having laterally extending guide pins provided at each end, said pins being adapted for slid-able engagement one within the eccentric bore of said cam and the other within said aperture at the other end of said gauge bar; and a lever provided on said cam :fior turning same whereby the effec. tive distance between centers of said apertures wherein the guide pins of said blade are located can be increased to lock said blade in required position of adjustment relative to said gauge bar.

2. A carving knife, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gauge bar extends below the cutting edge of said blade for the greater part of its length.

3. A carving knife, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said handle and gauge bar are of a unitary construction.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 775,601 Goldstein Nov. 22, 1904 2,355,755 Simmons Aug. 15, 1944 2,453,220 Gustafson Nov. 9, 1948 

1. A CARVING KNIFE, COMPRISING A HANDLE; A GAUGE BAR EXTENDING FROM SAID HANDLE; APERTURES PROVIDED ONE AT EACH END OF SAID GAUGE BAR; A CAM ROTATABLY POSITIONED IN ONE OF SAID APERTURES OF SAID GAUGE BAR AND HAVING AN ECCENTRICALLY POSITIONED BORE; A CUTTING BLADE HAVING LATERALLY EXTENDING GUIDE PINS PROVIDED AT EACH END, SAID PINS BEING ADAPTED FOR SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT ONE WITHIN THE ECCENTRIC BORE OF SAID CAM AND THE OTHER WITHIN SAID APERTURE AT THE OTHER END OF SAID GAUGE BAR; AND A LEVER PROVIDED ON SAID CAM FOR TURNING SAME WHEREBY THE EFFECTIVE DISTANCE BETWEEN CENTERS OF SAID APERTURES WHEREIN THE GUIDE PINS OF SAID BLADE ARE LOCATED CAN BE INCREASED TO LOCK SAID BLADE IN REQUIRED POSITION OF ADJUSTMENT RELATIVE TO SAID GAUGE BAR. 